Pocket match box



Feb. 6, 1928. LIM/1,2511., 1. KIRKBRIDE.

POCKET MATCH BOX.

FILED 00111.1921.

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JOHN KIRKBRDE, OF ESUANABA, IiICHlGl-thl'.

POCKET BEATCEC BOX.

Application led October 11, 192i.

To all 'who/m t may con cer/n Be it known that l, JOHN Kinnenmn, a subject of King of Great Britain, residing at Escanaba, in the county of Delta and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Match Boxes, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to receptacles for such articles as matches, cigars or cigarettes,

and the main object of the invention is to provide receptaclesV o't this kind that are of a convenient size for carrying in the pocket without making it bulky.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the receptacles that only one of the articles, as for instance a match, is delivered at a time, and still another object is to make the interior of the receptacle open for inspection to ascertain it it needs relling.

In the accompanying drawing one embodiment of the invention has been illustrated, and

Figure 1 shows a pocket match box in a perspective view opened for removing one match;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view along line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross section ot Figure 2 along line 3 3 thereof; and

Figure 4: is a similar cross section of the match box slightly modiiied.

The match box is constructed with two side walls 10, two end walls 11 and 17, and top and bottom walls 12.

As best seen in Figures 2 aud 3 .l prefer to provide a match bor.' with two chambers and for this reason l furnish a partition 13 Ain the middle of the bon. This divides the box into an upper and a lower chamber. These chambersnare only deep enough to hold one layer ot matches and a convenient size of match box for practical. purposes has been found to be of the size to contain eightmatches in each chamber. lt there was room for more than one layer of matches in each chamber they might cross each other and prevent the easy removal oit one match at a time.

In oase of cigar or cigarette boxes it might be preferable to have only one chamber in order not to make the. box too bulky or thick.

As best seen in Figures 1 and 2 the top and `bottom ot the box have windows 1ewhich.

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on the inside are covered with a suitable transparent sheet ot material such as glass or mica 15.

ln the construction illust-rated in the tirst three igures, the top and bottom walls are flanged over the edges of the end and side walls and may be soldered to them on all sides with the exception of one end. At this end the flanges 16 are open, that is, they are spaced slightly :from the end wall 17 to `form guides tor a shutter 18 which is able to slide in both directions across the match box. As will be seen in Figure 1, these lianges 16 terminate a short distance from one corner of the box so as to form abutments 19 which are intended to engage with small nobs or projections 2O provided at the corresponding corners ot the shutter 18. lt will be noted that these abutments 19 are attached at diagonally opposite corners ot the end wall 17', and the reason is, that small aperture E31 large enough for the passage of one match is provided at each of these corners. The shutter 18 being ot the same width as the match box, it will evidently close both of these apertures or passages 21 when it is shut and only open one of them when .it is pushed to one side.

The modification shown in Figure l dit'- ers only from the above described construction by the provision of corner angles 25 along the edges of the box which may be soldered or in any other manner connected to the end and side walls of the box. rllhese angies are provided with grooves 26 for carry' ing the top and bottom plates and the transparent sheet 15.v

Instead et either of these constructions l may stamp the bon out of one sheet of metal, in which case one end would have to be at. taelied separate to the box.

roughened surface 9.8 is provided at a convenient place in the side or top ot the box Jfor striking the matches on,

ln order to Vtill the match box it should be held upright and slightly tilted so that one ot the apertures 21 will be uppermost and loo the shutter in that case pushed downwardly to permit access to the aperture in question. @ne match is now inserted through the aperture at a time and the most practical way is to let the small end ci the match enter first. 105 The matches will then tall down to the lower nemesi box being extended beyond one end thereof und bent to it'orm guides for said cover, said guides terminating adjacent their lcorresponding` apertures to form abutment surfaces :md :t stop member at euch end of said cover adapted to engage With seid abutment surfaces to limit the motion of said cover, grooved members along the edges of the side Walls and the end Weils of the said boX adapted to receive the corresponding edges oil? the top and bottom Weils, Windows and striking surfaces for matches being provided on said top and bottom Walls and sheets oil? transparent matter suspended across said Windows.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Jol-IN KIRKBRIDE. [L 8.] 

